Category History

EB-5 India approval dates

EB-5 — Fifth Preference: Employment Creation (Unreserved)

(no change) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Dec 1, 2023
Net movement: 6 years 7 months ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 4 days forward / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
EB-5 · India: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Dec 1, 2023 20172019202120232025 20242014 Jan 2024: Largest advance since 2019 in our archive (since Oct 2015)Dec 1, 2023
Approval date Filing date Largest move in our archive (since Oct 2015), or since a named year C = Current U = Unavailable
Cutoff Dec 2023, Nov 2026 bulletin: 2 years 11 months behind2 years 11 months behindCutoff Dec 2023Nov 2026 bulletin

This archive holds 134 bulletins of the approval date (from the official Final Action Dates chart) for EB-5 India, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 6 years 7 months, from May 1, 2017 to December 1, 2023 — about 4 weeks forward per bulletin month.

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Month to month, 17 advanced, 5 moved back, and 106 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 72 months and paused in 3 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at December 1, 2023; the most recent change came in October 2026, when it reopened at December 1, 2023. Across 56 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved forward about 4 days per bulletin, leaving out 2 exceptional jumps. This archive holds 134 bulletins of the filing date (from the official Dates for Filing chart) for EB-5 India, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 4 years 5 months, from December 8, 2019 to May 1, 2024 — about 1 month forward per bulletin month. Month to month, 2 advanced and 130 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 84 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at May 1, 2024; the most recent change came in January 2026, when it advanced 2 years 1 month.

Bulletin by bulletin

ONDJFMAMJJASFY27October 2026: advancedNovember 2026: heldFY26October 2025: advancedNovember 2025: heldDecember 2025: advancedJanuary 2026: advancedFebruary 2026: heldMarch 2026: heldApril 2026: heldMay 2026: heldJune 2026: heldJuly 2026: pausedAugust 2026: pausedSeptember 2026: pausedFY25October 2024: advancedNovember 2024: heldDecember 2024: heldJanuary 2025: heldFebruary 2025: heldMarch 2025: heldApril 2025: moved backMay 2025: moved backJune 2025: heldJuly 2025: heldAugust 2025: advancedSeptember 2025: heldFY24October 2023: advancedNovember 2023: heldDecember 2023: heldJanuary 2024: advancedFebruary 2024: heldMarch 2024: heldApril 2024: heldMay 2024: heldJune 2024: heldJuly 2024: heldAugust 2024: heldSeptember 2024: heldFY23October 2022: advancedNovember 2022: heldDecember 2022: heldJanuary 2023: heldFebruary 2023: heldMarch 2023: moved backApril 2023: heldMay 2023: heldJune 2023: moved backJuly 2023: heldAugust 2023: heldSeptember 2023: held
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FY22October 2021: open to everyoneNovember 2021: open to everyoneDecember 2021: open to everyoneJanuary 2022: open to everyoneFebruary 2022: open to everyoneMarch 2022: open to everyoneApril 2022: open to everyoneMay 2022: open to everyoneJune 2022: open to everyoneJuly 2022: open to everyoneAugust 2022: open to everyoneSeptember 2022: open to everyoneFY21October 2020: open to everyoneNovember 2020: open to everyoneDecember 2020: open to everyoneJanuary 2021: open to everyoneFebruary 2021: open to everyoneMarch 2021: open to everyoneApril 2021: open to everyoneMay 2021: open to everyoneJune 2021: open to everyoneJuly 2021: open to everyoneAugust 2021: open to everyoneSeptember 2021: open to everyoneFY20October 2019: advancedNovember 2019: advancedDecember 2019: advancedJanuary 2020: advancedFebruary 2020: advancedMarch 2020: advancedApril 2020: advancedMay 2020: advancedJune 2020: advancedJuly 2020: open to everyoneAugust 2020: open to everyoneSeptember 2020: open to everyoneFY19October 2018: open to everyoneNovember 2018: open to everyoneDecember 2018: open to everyoneJanuary 2019: open to everyoneFebruary 2019: open to everyoneMarch 2019: open to everyoneApril 2019: open to everyoneMay 2019: open to everyoneJune 2019: open to everyoneJuly 2019: advancedAugust 2019: moved backSeptember 2019: advancedFY18October 2017: open to everyoneNovember 2017: open to everyoneDecember 2017: open to everyoneJanuary 2018: open to everyoneFebruary 2018: open to everyoneMarch 2018: open to everyoneApril 2018: open to everyoneMay 2018: open to everyoneJune 2018: open to everyoneJuly 2018: open to everyoneAugust 2018: open to everyoneSeptember 2018: open to everyoneFY17October 2016: open to everyoneNovember 2016: open to everyoneDecember 2016: open to everyoneJanuary 2017: open to everyoneFebruary 2017: open to everyoneMarch 2017: open to everyoneApril 2017: open to everyoneMay 2017: open to everyoneJune 2017: open to everyoneJuly 2017: open to everyoneAugust 2017: open to everyoneSeptember 2017: open to everyoneFY16October 2015: open to everyoneNovember 2015: open to everyoneDecember 2015: open to everyoneJanuary 2016: open to everyoneFebruary 2016: open to everyoneMarch 2016: open to everyoneApril 2016: open to everyoneMay 2016: open to everyoneJune 2016: open to everyoneJuly 2016: open to everyoneAugust 2016: open to everyoneSeptember 2016: open to everyone
advanced · 9held · 34moved back · 4paused · 3Counts cover the years shown above.

Every bulletin

BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2026Dec 1, 2023 (no change)
October 2026Dec 1, 2023 (reopened)
September 2026U (no change)
August 2026U (no change)
July 2026U (was May 1, 2022)
June 2026May 1, 2022 (no change)
May 2026May 1, 2022 (no change)
April 2026May 1, 2022 (no change)
March 2026May 1, 2022 (no change)
February 2026May 1, 2022 (no change)
January 2026May 1, 2022 (advanced 10 months)
December 2025Jul 1, 2021 (advanced 5 months)
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BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025Feb 1, 2021 (no change)
October 2025Feb 1, 2021 (advanced 15 months)
September 2025Nov 15, 2019 (no change)
August 2025Nov 15, 2019 (advanced 6 months)
July 2025May 1, 2019 (no change)
June 2025May 1, 2019 (no change)
May 2025May 1, 2019 (moved back 6 months)
April 2025Nov 1, 2019 (moved back 2 years 2 months)
March 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
February 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
January 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
December 2024Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
November 2024Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
October 2024Jan 1, 2022 (advanced 13 months)
September 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
August 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
July 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
June 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
May 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
April 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
March 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
February 2024Dec 1, 2020 (no change)
January 2024Dec 1, 2020 (advanced 2 years)
December 2023Dec 15, 2018 (no change)
November 2023Dec 15, 2018 (no change)
October 2023Dec 15, 2018 (advanced 20 months)
September 2023Apr 1, 2017 (no change)
August 2023Apr 1, 2017 (no change)
July 2023Apr 1, 2017 (no change)
June 2023Apr 1, 2017 (moved back 14 months)
May 2023Jun 1, 2018 (no change)
April 2023Jun 1, 2018 (no change)
March 2023Jun 1, 2018 (moved back 17 months)
February 2023Nov 8, 2019 (no change)
January 2023Nov 8, 2019 (no change)
December 2022Nov 8, 2019 (no change)
November 2022Nov 8, 2019 (no change)
October 2022Nov 8, 2019 (was open to everyone)
September 2022C (no change)
August 2022C (no change)
July 2022C (no change)
June 2022C (no change)
May 2022C (no change)
April 2022C (no change)
March 2022C (no change)
February 2022C (no change)
January 2022C (no change)
December 2021C (no change)
November 2021C (no change)
October 2021C (no change)
September 2021C (no change)
August 2021C (no change)
July 2021C (no change)
June 2021C (no change)
May 2021C (no change)
April 2021C (no change)
March 2021C (no change)
February 2021C (no change)
January 2021C (no change)
December 2020C (no change)
November 2020C (no change)
October 2020C (no change)
September 2020C (no change)
August 2020C (no change)
July 2020C (was Jan 1, 2020)
June 2020Jan 1, 2020 (advanced 3 months)
May 2020Oct 1, 2019 (advanced 9 months)
April 2020Jan 1, 2019 (advanced 2 months)
March 2020Oct 22, 2018 (advanced 2 months)
February 2020Sep 1, 2018 (advanced 4 months)
January 2020May 1, 2018 (advanced 4 months)
December 2019Jan 1, 2018 (advanced 3 weeks)
November 2019Dec 8, 2017 (advanced 2 weeks)
October 2019Nov 22, 2017 (advanced 3 months)
September 2019Sep 1, 2017 (advanced 2 years 11 months)
August 2019Oct 15, 2014 (moved back 2 years 7 months)
July 2019May 1, 2017 (was open to everyone)
June 2019C (no change)
May 2019C (no change)
April 2019C (no change)
March 2019C (no change)
February 2019C (no change)
January 2019C (no change)
December 2018C (no change)
November 2018C (no change)
October 2018C (no change)
September 2018C (no change)
August 2018C (no change)
July 2018C (no change)
June 2018C (no change)
May 2018C (no change)
April 2018C (no change)
March 2018C (no change)
February 2018C (no change)
January 2018C (no change)
December 2017C (no change)
November 2017C (no change)
October 2017C (no change)
September 2017C (no change)
August 2017C (no change)
July 2017C (no change)
June 2017C (no change)
May 2017C (no change)
April 2017C (no change)
March 2017C (no change)
February 2017C (no change)
January 2017C (no change)
December 2016C (no change)
November 2016C (no change)
October 2016C (no change)
September 2016C (no change)
August 2016C (no change)
July 2016C (no change)
June 2016C (no change)
May 2016C (no change)
April 2016C (no change)
March 2016C (no change)
February 2016C (no change)
January 2016C (no change)
December 2015C (no change)
November 2015C (no change)
October 2015C

C = Current. U = Unavailable.

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